No. 25-1329October Term 2025Before Arguments
Wealthy, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Spencer Cornelia, et al.
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Question presented
1. Whether such an anti-SLAPP statute is displaced by Rules 12(b)(6) and 56, applies as enacted, or applies only in the hybrid form described above. 2. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by designating Petitioners as limited-purpose public figures without finding a pre-existing public controversy, voluntary injection into it, and germaneness, as required by Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974), Wolston v. Reader’s Digest Ass’n, 443 U.S. 157 (1979), and Hutchinson v. Proxmire, 443 U.S. 111 (1979).
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology